The timing of our trip was purely based on the BF needing to put in for his longer blocks of PTO at the beginning of the year, and this week looking as good as any other that was available when he was called. But, at a certain point (maybe March?) I realized I was […]
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Monday of the trip was a bank holiday, but it was also the last of the iffy days of weather, so because we are crazy, we decided to indulge in my aforementioned trip to Liberty. This involved starting at Covent Garden, wandering through to Leicester Square to Trafalgar Square, and eventually down Regents Street
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One really cool thing about having friends where you visit is that you get a little more homey experience. So the Sunday of our trip, we visited K’s aunt and uncle, and had a Sunday roast lamb. With trifle for dessert! We also got to take a turn through the Woodland Gardens at
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Our other main stop in Dover was Dover Castle (so we managed to hit the National Trust and English Heritage in one day). In addition to an Anglo-Saxon church (lovingly restored in the near present day), which is next to the remains of a Roman lighthouse, on the grounds, the castle itself goes back to William
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One interesting thing about Dover is the port. It’s easily visible from the cliffs and the castle, and it’s huge. The sheer volume of lorries (and cars) arriving on land and ferries arriving and departing by sea is fascinating. It’s like watching clockwork. It’s easy to see why it’s so busy
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This year’s day trip was to Dover, to see the White Cliffs, and the Castle. The cliffs very conveniently have a section managed by the National Trust, with parking and a couple different options for tea rooms. There are a couple different walking paths, though the one closest to the cliff-side has by far
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I’m back from London. We stayed a week, mostly in town (there was one day trip, which will be pictured shortly), hanging out with our friend K, and just seeing the sights. The above pictures are from our first day (last Friday), which was of course the day after we pretty much
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Bluet Houstonia caerulea Other names: Little bluet, Azure bluet, Quaker Ladies, Innocence Family: Rubiaceae (Madder Family) Range: Native to Eastern Canada (Ontario to Newfoundland), and the eastern US (Maine to Wisconsin, south to FL and LA, and scattered in OK.) Native Native Habitat: It thrives in moist acidic soils in shady areas, growing especially well
Why yes, those are my favorite spring bulbs, and snow. Yesterday. You know, after my birthday. When it’s not supposed to snow anymore. Sigh. At least it’s gone today.
Is it bad that my overwhelming thought about this anthology is that I’m glad that there was no one story that was just so amateurish it completely threw me out of the world of the book? Most of the older anthologies had at least one of those stories, and I don’t know if the
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